Prime Minister Mark Rutte should investigate Prince Bernhard's Nazi past, parliamentarians from several groups, as well as Jewish organizations, have called for. "This is yet another discovery that adds a new black page to a painful part of recent Dutch history," - Naomi Mestrum, director of the Center for Information and Documentation of Israel (CIDI) in Amsterdam, declared.more

The Dutch military police (Koninklijke Marechaussee) arrested six men on Wednesday evening at Schiphol Airport in Amsterdam, who were arguing on board a plane that arrived from Poland, Koninklijke Marechaussee reported. According to the spokesman of the gendarmerie, all those detained are Poles.more

A rich archive of correspondence and notes by Adam Mickiewicz, Sigismund Krasinski and Cyprian Kamil Norwid is stored at the General House of the Resurrectionist Fathers in Rome. "Everything will be digitized and made available on the Internet," he - informed the superior of the house, a biblical scholar and lecturer at the Pontifical Urbanian University, Father Professor Andrzej Gieniusz.more

After joining the European Union, Ukraine should receive 186 billion euros in subsidies over seven years, which means that a number of EU countries would have to become net contributors to the Community budget, according to calculations by the General Secretariat of the EU Council, accessed by the "Financial Times".more

Eastern Europe is not an anti-Russian monolith, argues historian Luuk van Middelaar in the daily NRC. "We in Western Europe too easily forget how diverse relations with Russia are in Eastern Europe," he says. - he asserts.more

For the first time in history, US authorities imposed a fine on a company that left an old satellite in Earth orbit. The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) fined Dish Network $150,000. dollars - the BBC reported. According to the FCC, the Dish Network satellite launched in 2002 poses a potential threat to other objects orbiting the Earth.more

If the threats related to clan crime are not taken seriously, "unfortunately, it is to be feared that in ten years we will also have conditions in large German cities that currently prevail in Sweden", where clan and gang crime is growing - says the former police chief in Essen Frank Richter.more

A group of scientists from the Cold Regions Research Center. Alfred Jahn of the University of Wrocław (UWr) is examining places where a high risk of tsunami waves can be expected in the future. Scientists plan to prepare recommendations for local communities on how to mitigate the effects of geohazards due to climate change.more

Russian troops repelling the Ukrainian counteroffensive in the Zaporizhia Oblast introduced the so-called flexible defense, consisting in a controlled retreat from certain areas and then conducting counterattacks - reported the American newspaper "New York Times".more

I am sticking to the 2030 date because it is a clear encouragement for everyone to be ready for the expansion of the European Union, emphasized Charles Michel, President of the European Council, in an interview with "Rzeczpospolita".more

Yesterday, for the first time in the country's history, a black parliamentarian, Greg Fergus, became the new Speaker of the Canadian House of Commons.more

Spain's public debt exceeded a previously unheard-of level of EUR 1.56 trillion in the second quarter of this year, announced the country's central bank, Banco de Espana.more

As the daily "Het Laatste Nieuws" warns, the number of reports about bedbugs in Belgium is growing rapidly. In 2023, there are almost four times more notifications than in the previous year.more

A debate took place in the European Parliament today entitled "Large-scale corruption of Schengen visas." The case of illegal visa trade in some Polish consulates was widely reported around the world.more

Dorothy Hoffner, 104, of Chicago, tandem skydived with an instructor on Sunday. She is the oldest person to accomplish such a feat, the ABC network portal reported.more

Pope Francis has suggested an opening towards the issue of priests giving blessings to same-sex couples, provided that it is limited and each case is handled separately and not confused with giving a wedding. This is how he responded to the five conservative cardinals who presented their concerns to him.more

This year's Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine was awarded to Katalin Karikó and Drew Weissman "for their discoveries on nucleoside base modifications that enabled the development of effective mRNA vaccines against COVID -19."more

In Portugal and mainland Spain, record air temperatures for the beginning of October were recorded on Sunday and Monday - they exceeded 37 degrees Celsius.more

The Dutch Authority for Consumers and Markets (ACM) fined the American company Apple for monopolistic practices of USD 50 million. The watchdog says the tech giant abused its dominant position by imposing unfavorable conditions on dating app providers.more

Yesterday, work began on transforming the Austrian house where Adolf Hitler was born in 1889 into a police station. This is intended to discourage fans of the Nazi dictator from making pilgrimages to the town of Braunau am Inn, bordering Germany, explained the AP agency.more

The Carabinieri are looking for an Italian and a Polish woman who fled after their wedding near Frosinone in the Italian region of Lazio without paying a restaurant bill of 8,000 euros. As it was established, the spouses flew to Germany - it is not ruled out that they will go to Poland from there.more

Artificial intelligence promises a significant increase in prosperity, although this will not necessarily be reflected in GDP statistics, said Bank Pekao economists in their report. In their opinion, artificial intelligence will cause profound changes in the way we work and rest.more

There have never been so many immigrants in France as today, mainly due to the law allowing family reunification, said Didier Leschi, director general of the French Office for Immigration and Integration, on CNEWS.more

At the end of the week, the Animal Welfare Act, which raises doubts among citizens, entered into force in Spain, regulating the care of pets - dogs, cats and others. The act provides for severe financial penalties in the event of violation of the new regulations - from PLN 500,000 to PLN 200,000. euro.more

The Naples city council has approved the extension of the opening of the agglomeration's beaches until October 31. All infrastructure will remain on the beaches: umbrellas, deckchairs, volleyball courts, open bars, and there will also be lifeguards - reports NapoliTime.it.more